Periodical-holder



(N0 Model.)

P. C. DOXSTADER.

PERIODICAL HOLDER.

No. 504,714. Patented Sept, 12, 1893.

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WITNESSES:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

FRED CLARK DOXSTADER, OF ITHAOA, NEW YORK.

PERlODlCAL-HGLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming" part of Letters Patent No. 504,714., datedSeptember 12, 1893.

Application filed April 15, 1893. Serial No. 470,544. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED CLARK DOXSTA- DER, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and a resident of Ithaca, Tompkins county, NeWYork,have invented an Improved Newspaper and Periodical Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

hly invention relates to holders of the backs of newspapers andperiodicals, to preserve them; and make the handling of them in readingmore easy; and consists of a slotted, round, tube in which the back ofthe periodical or paper is placed; and held by a wire or rod inserted inthe middle of the back of the periodical; which rod renders the holder,and the periodical fast to each other; and the nature of my inventionwill be apparent as I describe it.

Figure 1. is an elevation of my periodical holder; its slotbeingturnedto the right. Fig. 2 is a cross section thereof.

In the figures a is the tube With b the periodical in its slot l); and cthe rod that is inserted in the middle of the tube and paperorperiodical; the rod having a circular handle 0 at its top; that byadjustment into an aperture d prevents the rod from falling out of itsplace.

The back of the newspaper or periodical is first inserted a little downinto the caliber of the tube, and then the rod put in; and theperiodical and rod pushed down until the end (1 of its circular top issprung into the aperture (Z in the side of the tube opposite the slot.The periodical is thus fastened and held in the tube as shown.

My device makes a very neat, compact,and not bulky, rigid temporarybinding of the back of the papers and periodicals, it is applied to.Thelower end a may be long enough to serve as a handle of theperiodical. And I make my holders of sizes and lengths to suit variouspapers and periodicals. Forexample the tube, for a periodical of sixteenpages, needs to be but three-eighths of an inch in diameter; the tubefor the usual monthly magazines, to be five-eighths to an inch or morein diameter; and the length a little longer than the magazine.

My holder being a round tube is very rigid, and smooth; and is easilyput on and taken off of the paper or magazine or other periodical. Therod is designed to be of such a size that it expands the leaves of theperiodical or like article; to fill the tube so that the back of theperiodical cannot escape through the slot. The end of the top of the rodenters the aperture (Z with just resistance enough to hold it to thetube. Everything else is believed to be apparent.

lVhat I claim is In the described holder for periodicals and likearticles, the slotted tube a, and a rod 0 the tube being constructedwith an aperture (1 and the rod shaped to be a nearly closed ring; theinner end of the rod ring being fitted to enter the aperture d, wherebythe rod and periodical are securely held in the tube as set forth.

FRED CLARK DOXSTADER.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL J. PARKER, T. J. MOELHENY.

